Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024

Name: Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024
Start: 2024-08-06
End: 2024-08-19
Location: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China, Iran

Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024: 145 records at 49 stations, peak on 14 August 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024 set or tied 145 station records at 49 stations.
It ran from 6 August 2024 to 19 August 2024 (14 days) and its peak day was 14 August 2024.
Status: closed.
Chardzhev set a daily record high maximum temperature of 41.4 C (106.5 F) on 14 August 2024.
The busiest day was 14 August 2024 with 39 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 141 years.

Footprint

6 to 19 August 2024

The area covered by Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024 is outlined, with 15 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Chardzhev	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	2024-08-14
Fergana	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	2024-08-15
Tashkent	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	2024-08-09
Kurgan-Tyube	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	2024-08-11
Gyshgy	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	2024-08-14
Bajramaly	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2024-08-10
Dushanbe	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	2024-08-15
Carsanga	Record high minimum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	2024-08-15
Khudjand	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	2024-08-14
Termez	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	2024-08-13
Urgench	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	2024-08-14
Kerki	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2024-08-15
Dzizak	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	2024-08-15
Tian-Shan	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	2024-08-17
Saragt	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2024-08-15

Records per Day

Peak day 39

Records set or tied each day from 6 August 2024 to 19 August 2024. The most in one day was 39 on 14 August 2024.

Records per day during Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024
Date	Records
2024-08-06	3
2024-08-07	3
2024-08-08	5
2024-08-09	15
2024-08-10	6
2024-08-11	5
2024-08-13	20
2024-08-14	39
2024-08-15	29
2024-08-16	11
2024-08-17	4
2024-08-18	4
2024-08-19	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024 ranked by margin
Carsanga, 08-15	5.5 C (9.9 F)
Kerki, 08-15	4.7 C (8.5 F)
Dzizak, 08-15	3.8 C (6.8 F)
Gyshgy, 08-16	3.3 C (5.9 F)
Gyshgy, 08-10	3.1 C (5.6 F)
Gyshgy, 08-14	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Khudjand, 08-14	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Kurgan-Tyube, 08-16	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Chardzhev, 08-13	1.3 C (2.3 F)
Kurgan-Tyube, 08-11	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Chardzhev, 08-14	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Fergana, 08-15	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Saragt, 08-15	0.9 C (1.6 F)
Tashkent, 08-09	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Urgench, 08-14	0.7 C (1.3 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

145 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.0	107
1.0	106
0.7	141
1.2	91
1.6	86
1.9	77
3.1	69
0.5	89
3.3	60
0.3	86
5.5	37
1.8	64
0.3	76
0.4	77
0.5	45
4.7	20
0.7	71
3.8	30
1.3	49
0.9	60
0.6	64
0.1	69
1.4	56
0.6	62
4.8	25
4.6	29
1.2	49
3.8	28
2.0	49
2.4	34
2.2	26
4.1	21
2.3	30
0.1	16
0.8	49
0.9	49
1.0	48
4.0	2
2.1	30
0.3	49
1.7	34
1.8	41
2.4	28
0.4	49
0.8	27
1.0	27
1.6	33
0.2	49
0.4	48
2.2	21
1.1	29
0.7	30
1.2	29
1.3	25
3.2	15
0.3	13
0.1	46
0.8	43
0.7	5
0.7	37
1.1	20
0.1	48
2.1	15
2.0	28
2.0	20
0.1	46
0.8	23
0.2	37
0.8	29
2.2	7
0.4	0
0.3	0
2.1	10
0.1	24
1.2	22
2.1	10
2.6	12
2.0	12
1.0	15
1.6	15
0.1	31
1.1	10
0.4	29
0.6	22
1.4	20
0.4	30
1.3	29
1.7	1
0.2	20
0.3	29
1.7	22
0.9	28
1.5	4
2.2	4
0.8	25
1.6	18
1.2	21
0.7	21
0.1	26
1.1	14
0.1	26
0.7	25
0.4	25
0.1	29
0.9	9
1.0	22
1.6	8
0.7	20
0.5	22
1.3	8
0.2	20
0.2	29
0.8	20
1.0	14
0.6	21
1.1	14
0.5	22
0.4	16
0.6	22
0.3	21
0.2	21
0.5	4
0.2	18
0.1	20
1.0	4
0.2	8
1.1	4
1.7	1
1.3	1
0.7	13
1.2	12
1.0	12
0.6	3
0.3	7
0.6	18
0.2	15
1.3	5
1.5	3
0.6	6
0.7	8
0.2	13
0.7	3
0.4	4
0.3	6
0.7	1

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024 compared with similar events
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 16 January to 14 February 2024	9,869 records
Heat wave in United States, 28 January to 24 February 2026	6,528 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 24 May to 19 June 2020	5,047 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 26 March to 17 April 2021	3,669 records
Heat wave in Germany and 49 other countries, 18 December 2021 to 15 January 2022	3,626 records
Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024 (this event)	145 records

Every Record Set

20 of 145

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Turkmenistan and 6 other countries, 6 to 19 August 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-08-09	Tashkent	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	141	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Gyshgy	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	69	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Bajramaly	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89	37 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-11	Kurgan-Tyube	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-13	Termez	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	77	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-13	Chardzhev	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	49	28 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-14	Chardzhev	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	107	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-14	Gyshgy	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	77	39 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-14	Khudjand	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	64	33 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-14	Urgench	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	71	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-15	Fergana	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	106	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-15	Dushanbe	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	86	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-15	Carsanga	Record high minimum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	37	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-15	Gyshgy	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	76	32 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-15	Kerki	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	20	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-15	Dzizak	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	30	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-15	Saragt	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	60	28 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-16	Kurgan-Tyube	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86	40 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-16	Gyshgy	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60	37 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-17	Tian-Shan	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45	30 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 145 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.0	107
1.0	106
0.7	141
1.2	91
1.6	86
1.9	77
3.1	69
0.5	89
3.3	60
0.3	86
5.5	37
1.8	64
0.3	76
0.4	77
0.5	45
4.7	20
0.7	71
3.8	30
1.3	49
0.9	60
0.6	64
0.1	69
1.4	56
0.6	62
4.8	25
4.6	29
1.2	49
3.8	28
2.0	49
2.4	34
2.2	26
4.1	21
2.3	30
0.1	16
0.8	49
0.9	49
1.0	48
4.0	2
2.1	30
0.3	49
1.7	34
1.8	41
2.4	28
0.4	49
0.8	27
1.0	27
1.6	33
0.2	49
0.4	48
2.2	21
1.1	29
0.7	30
1.2	29
1.3	25
3.2	15
0.3	13
0.1	46
0.8	43
0.7	5
0.7	37
1.1	20
0.1	48
2.1	15
2.0	28
2.0	20
0.1	46
0.8	23
0.2	37
0.8	29
2.2	7
0.4	0
0.3	0
2.1	10
0.1	24
1.2	22
2.1	10
2.6	12
2.0	12
1.0	15
1.6	15
0.1	31
1.1	10
0.4	29
0.6	22
1.4	20
0.4	30
1.3	29
1.7	1
0.2	20
0.3	29
1.7	22
0.9	28
1.5	4
2.2	4
0.8	25
1.6	18
1.2	21
0.7	21
0.1	26
1.1	14
0.1	26
0.7	25
0.4	25
0.1	29
0.9	9
1.0	22
1.6	8
0.7	20
0.5	22
1.3	8
0.2	20
0.2	29
0.8	20
1.0	14
0.6	21
1.1	14
0.5	22
0.4	16
0.6	22
0.3	21
0.2	21
0.5	4
0.2	18
0.1	20
1.0	4
0.2	8
1.1	4
1.7	1
1.3	1
0.7	13
1.2	12
1.0	12
0.6	3
0.3	7
0.6	18
0.2	15
1.3	5
1.5	3
0.6	6
0.7	8
0.2	13
0.7	3
0.4	4
0.3	6
0.7	1

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.0	107
1.0	106
0.7	141
1.2	91
1.6	86
1.9	77
3.1	69
0.5	89
3.3	60
0.3	86
5.5	37
1.8	64
0.3	76
0.4	77
0.5	45
4.7	20
0.7	71
3.8	30
1.3	49
0.9	60
0.6	64
0.1	69
1.4	56
0.6	62
4.8	25
4.6	29
1.2	49
3.8	28
2.0	49
2.4	34
2.2	26
4.1	21
2.3	30
0.1	16
0.8	49
0.9	49
1.0	48
4.0	2
2.1	30
0.3	49
1.7	34
1.8	41
2.4	28
0.4	49
0.8	27
1.0	27
1.6	33
0.2	49
0.4	48
2.2	21
1.1	29
0.7	30
1.2	29
1.3	25
3.2	15
0.3	13
0.1	46
0.8	43
0.7	5
0.7	37
1.1	20
0.1	48
2.1	15
2.0	28
2.0	20
0.1	46
0.8	23
0.2	37
0.8	29
2.2	7
0.4	0
0.3	0
2.1	10
0.1	24
1.2	22
2.1	10
2.6	12
2.0	12
1.0	15
1.6	15
0.1	31
1.1	10
0.4	29
0.6	22
1.4	20
0.4	30
1.3	29
1.7	1
0.2	20
0.3	29
1.7	22
0.9	28
1.5	4
2.2	4
0.8	25
1.6	18
1.2	21
0.7	21
0.1	26
1.1	14
0.1	26
0.7	25
0.4	25
0.1	29
0.9	9
1.0	22
1.6	8
0.7	20
0.5	22
1.3	8
0.2	20
0.2	29
0.8	20
1.0	14
0.6	21
1.1	14
0.5	22
0.4	16
0.6	22
0.3	21
0.2	21
0.5	4
0.2	18
0.1	20
1.0	4
0.2	8
1.1	4
1.7	1
1.3	1
0.7	13
1.2	12
1.0	12
0.6	3
0.3	7
0.6	18
0.2	15
1.3	5
1.5	3
0.6	6
0.7	8
0.2	13
0.7	3
0.4	4
0.3	6
0.7	1